NO176415B - Level glass light strip - Google Patents

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NO176415B
NO176415B NO924013A NO924013A NO176415B NO 176415 B NO176415 B NO 176415B NO 924013 A NO924013 A NO 924013A NO 924013 A NO924013 A NO 924013A NO 176415 B NO176415 B NO 176415B
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21LIGHTING
    • F21VFUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V25/00Safety devices structurally associated with lighting devices
    • F21V25/12Flameproof or explosion-proof arrangements
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21LIGHTING
    • F21VFUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V31/00Gas-tight or water-tight arrangements
    • F21V31/04Provision of filling media
    • GPHYSICS
    • G01MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01FMEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F23/00Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm
    • G01F23/02Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm by gauge glasses or other apparatus involving a window or transparent tube for directly observing the level to be measured or the level of a liquid column in free communication with the main body of the liquid
    • GPHYSICS
    • G01MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01FMEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F23/00Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm
    • G01F23/22Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm by measuring physical variables, other than linear dimensions, pressure or weight, dependent on the level to be measured, e.g. by difference of heat transfer of steam or water
    • G01F23/28Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm by measuring physical variables, other than linear dimensions, pressure or weight, dependent on the level to be measured, e.g. by difference of heat transfer of steam or water by measuring the variations of parameters of electromagnetic or acoustic waves applied directly to the liquid or fluent solid material
    • G01F23/284Electromagnetic waves
    • G01F23/292Light, e.g. infrared or ultraviolet
    • G01F23/2921Light, e.g. infrared or ultraviolet for discrete levels
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21LIGHTING
    • F21WINDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS
    • F21W2111/00Use or application of lighting devices or systems for signalling, marking or indicating, not provided for in codes F21W2102/00 – F21W2107/00
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21LIGHTING
    • F21YINDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED
    • F21Y2115/00Light-generating elements of semiconductor light sources
    • F21Y2115/10Light-emitting diodes [LED]
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10STECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S362/00Illumination
    • Y10S362/80Light emitting diode

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Description

Oppfinnelsen angår en lyslist for nivåglass. The invention relates to a light strip for level glasses.

Nivåglass for væske kan med fordel avleses mot bakgrunnsbelysning, og det er kjent å montere en lyskilde langs ene siden av et nivåglass og lese av væskenivået fra motsatt side. Nivåglass monteres ofte i prosessanlegg hvor det er eksplosjonsfare, og det stilles derfor strenge krav til ut-førelsen av lyskilder. Gode lyslister for gjennomlysing av nivåglass kan med fordel bestå av lysdioder montert i en rekke. Lysdioder er robuste, bruker lite strøm og har lang levertid sammenlignet med elektriske lamper. For bruk i eksplosjonsfårlige områder må lysdiodene med strømtilkopling støpes inn i en gasstett støpemasse. Level glasses for liquids can advantageously be read against background lighting, and it is known to mount a light source along one side of a level glass and read the liquid level from the opposite side. Level glasses are often installed in process plants where there is a risk of explosion, and strict requirements are therefore placed on the design of light sources. Good light strips for illuminating level glasses can advantageously consist of LEDs mounted in a row. LEDs are robust, use little power and have a long delivery time compared to electric lamps. For use in potentially explosive areas, the LEDs with power connection must be cast in a gas-tight casting compound.

Ved innstøping må man unngå at støpemasse dekker den lysende del av lysdiodene. Det er kjent å feste korte rør av plast eller metall med ene enden tett mot en glasslist og la de nevnte rør tjene som holder for lysdioder som er festet og elektrisk koplet på et kretskort. Rørene har ofte en reflek-terende indre flate og kan være trakt formet, hvorved hvert rør i tillegg til støpeform tjener som en lysreflektor. Ved montering føres kretskortet med diodene mot glasslisten med rørene slik at hver lysdiode glir inn i den åpne ende av et rør og dekkes av dette. Ved inn støping tjener rørene som former som hindrer støpemasse i å trenge inn til den lysende delen av lysdiodene, og lys kan derved gå uhindret fra lysdioden inne i hvert rør og ut gjennom glasslisten. When embedding, it must be avoided that the casting compound covers the luminous part of the LEDs. It is known to fasten short tubes of plastic or metal with one end close to a glass strip and let said tubes serve as holders for LEDs which are fixed and electrically connected on a circuit board. The tubes often have a reflective inner surface and can be funnel-shaped, whereby each tube serves as a light reflector in addition to the mould. During assembly, the circuit board with the diodes is guided against the glass strip with the tubes so that each LED slides into the open end of a tube and is covered by this. When cast in, the tubes serve as forms that prevent casting compound from penetrating to the luminous part of the LEDs, and light can thereby pass unhindered from the LED inside each tube and out through the glass strip.

En ulempe med den beskrevne konstruksjon er at framstil-lingen blir tidkrevende og kostbar. Hvert rør som skal dekke en lysdiode, må tette helt inntil lysdioden, noe som krever at røret splittes og utføres i et fjærende materiale. Hvert rør må på forhånd monteres på glasslisten, for eksempel med lim. Hver lysdiode må føres så langt inn i røret at splitten dekkes for å unngå at støpemasse trenger inn i røret. Dette stiller igjen krav til nøyaktig montering av lysdiodene på kretskortet. A disadvantage of the described construction is that the production is time-consuming and expensive. Each tube that will cover an LED must seal right up to the LED, which requires the tube to be split and made in a springy material. Each tube must be mounted on the glass strip in advance, for example with glue. Each LED must be inserted so far into the pipe that the split is covered to prevent casting compound from entering the pipe. This in turn requires accurate mounting of the LEDs on the circuit board.

Fra britisk patent GB-166442 er det kjent en lyslist hvor elektriske lyspærer er støpt inn i utsparinger i en list av et gjennomsiktig eller gjennomskinnelig materiale. Den her viste lyslist krever at støpemassen er gjennomskinnelig. Lyspærene har relativt stor oppdrift når de omgis av støpemasse, og de har derfor en tendens til å flyte opp mot støpemassens overflate før støpemassen herder. Det krever ekstra tiltak å sikre at lyspærene ikke forskyver seg og forblir neddykket i støpemassen. From British patent GB-166442, a light strip is known where electric light bulbs are cast into recesses in a strip of a transparent or translucent material. The light strip shown here requires that the molding compound is translucent. The light bulbs have a relatively large buoyancy when they are surrounded by casting compound, and they therefore tend to float up towards the surface of the casting compound before the casting compound hardens. It requires extra measures to ensure that the light bulbs do not shift and remain submerged in the casting compound.

Fra britisk patent GB-536269 er det kjent en elektrisk koplingsanordning til bruk i eksplosjonsfårlige områder, hvor koplingsanordningen omfatter et hus som er fylt med en støpemasse. Lysdioder for indikerting av signaloverføring er limt fast i hver sin gjennomskinnelige holder som er ført gjennom huller i koplingsanordningens vegg og holdes på plass av støpemassen inne koplingsanordningens hus. Lysdiodene er via fleksible ledninger elektrisk forbundet med et kretskort som er støpt inn i huset. Hver lysdiodeholder må monteres individuelt og holdes på plass under støpeprosessen, noe som krever ekstra arbeid og hvor det kan være vanskelig å få tilfredstillende resultat. I en annen utførelsesform er lysdiodene montert direkte på kretskortet og lys føres gjennom hull i veggen i huset med optiske ledere. Også denne løsningen er tungvint å montere. Det er nødvendig å føre hver enkelt optisk leder gjennom hullene i veggen og feste dem ved oppvarming og forming i en forsenkning i hullet på utsiden av veggen. Videre må de optiske ledere ha optisk forbindelse med lysdiodene og hver slik forbindelse må skjermes mot støpemasse. From British patent GB-536269, an electrical coupling device for use in potentially explosive areas is known, where the coupling device comprises a housing which is filled with a molding compound. LEDs for indicating signal transmission are each glued firmly in a translucent holder which is passed through holes in the wall of the coupling device and is held in place by the casting compound inside the housing of the coupling device. The LEDs are electrically connected via flexible cables to a circuit board that is molded into the housing. Each LED holder must be mounted individually and held in place during the casting process, which requires extra work and where it can be difficult to get a satisfactory result. In another embodiment, the LEDs are mounted directly on the circuit board and light is guided through holes in the wall of the housing with optical conductors. This solution is also cumbersome to install. It is necessary to pass each individual optical conductor through the holes in the wall and fix them by heating and forming in a recess in the hole on the outside of the wall. Furthermore, the optical conductors must have an optical connection with the LEDs and each such connection must be shielded from molding compound.

Formålet med oppfinnelsen er å skaffe en enkel innstøpbar lyslist med lysdioder hvor de nevnte ulemper er unngått. The purpose of the invention is to provide a simple embeddable light strip with LEDs where the aforementioned disadvantages are avoided.

Formålet oppnås ifølge oppfinnelsen ved trekk som er angitt i etterfølgende patentkrav. The purpose is achieved according to the invention by features which are specified in subsequent patent claims.

Et utførelseseksempel av oppfinnelsen beskrives i det føl-gende med henvisning til vedføyde tegninger, hvor: Fig. 1 viser delvis i snitt og sett fra siden en del av en lyslist hvor et kretskort med en rad lysdioder er støpt sammen med en glasslist, Fig. 2 viser en del av en lyslist, tilsvarende fig. 1, men sett forfra, Fig. 3 viser delvis i snitt og sett ovenfra en lyslist som er montert mot et nivåglass. An embodiment of the invention is described in the following with reference to the attached drawings, where: Fig. 1 shows a partial section and side view of part of a light strip where a circuit board with a row of LEDs is molded together with a glass strip, Fig. 2 shows part of a light strip, corresponding to fig. 1, but seen from the front, Fig. 3 shows a partial section and top view of a light strip which is mounted against a level glass.

På tegningene angir henvisningstallet 1 et kretskort med lysdioder 2 som er ført inn i tettsluttende utsparinger 3 i en gjennomsiktig list 4 av glass eller plast. Tett støpe-masse 5 forsegler konstruksjonen, slik at det hele opptrer som en komponent. Når lysdiodene 2 tilføres elektrisk energi gjennom en ikke vist elektrisk tilkopling, vil lys kunne gå uhindret fra lysdiodene 2 gjennom listen 4 og videre gjennom et nivåglass med væske. Listen 4 utgjør en lysleder som vil fange opp sidelys fra lysdiodene 2. Lysledereffekten i listen 4 avhenger av materialvalg og overflate. In the drawings, the reference number 1 denotes a circuit board with light emitting diodes 2 which are inserted into tight-fitting recesses 3 in a transparent strip 4 of glass or plastic. Dense molding compound 5 seals the construction, so that the whole acts as one component. When the LEDs 2 are supplied with electrical energy through an electrical connection not shown, light will be able to pass unobstructed from the LEDs 2 through the strip 4 and on through a level glass with liquid. The strip 4 constitutes a light guide which will capture side light from the LEDs 2. The light guide effect in the strip 4 depends on the choice of material and surface.

Fig. 3 viser en lyslist hvor kretskort med lysdiode 2 og gjennornsikt list 4 er støpt inn i en kapsling 6 med tett støpemasse 5. En pakning 8 ligger tettsluttende an rundt en lysåpning 7 i kapslingen 6 mot et nivåglass som omfatter et hus 9 med to adskilte glassvegger 10 og 11. Væske 12, eksempelvis fra en ikke vist væsketank, ledes inn mellom glassveggene 10 og 11. Lys fra lysdiode (2) går gjennom den gjennomskinnelige listen 4, lysåpningen 7 og glassveggene 10, 11. Når rommet mellom glassveggene 10 og 11 fylles med væske 12, hindres lysgjennomgangen helt eller delvis av væsken, hvorved væskenivået mellom glassveggene 10 og 11 lett kan observeres. Fig. 3 shows a light strip where circuit board with LED 2 and transparent strip 4 are molded into an enclosure 6 with dense molding compound 5. A gasket 8 fits snugly around a light opening 7 in the enclosure 6 against a level glass that includes a housing 9 with two separated glass walls 10 and 11. Liquid 12, for example from a liquid tank not shown, is introduced between the glass walls 10 and 11. Light from the LED (2) passes through the translucent strip 4, the light opening 7 and the glass walls 10, 11. When the space between the glass walls 10 and 11 is filled with liquid 12, the passage of light is partially or completely prevented by the liquid, whereby the liquid level between the glass walls 10 and 11 can be easily observed.

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Lyslist for nivåglass hvor lyslisten omfatter lysdioder (2) som er montert på et kretskort (1) og støpt sammen med en gjennomsiktig list (4) med en tett støpemasse (5),karakterisert ved at lyslisten (4) er forsynt med utsparinger (3) som slutter tett om lysdiodene (2) .Light strip for level glass where the light strip includes LEDs (2) which are mounted on a circuit board (1) and molded together with a transparent strip (4) with a dense molding compound (5), characterized in that the light strip (4) is provided with recesses (3 ) which ends tightly around the LEDs (2).
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US08/137,307 US5440460A (en) 1992-10-16 1993-10-15 Light ledge for a level glass
GB9321307A GB2272280B (en) 1992-10-16 1993-10-15 Improvements in level detectors

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